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| Femi Adesina |
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
We have noted with regret, the latest tirade against President Muhammadu Buhari issued today by the PDP's Spokesman,
Mr Olisa Metuh.
Other than boring reporters at his press conference with a
rehash of baseless allegations of inaction against the President,
Mr Metuh clearly had nothing new to say apart from his charge
of nepotism and partisanship in the appointment of the Acting
INEC Chairman, which also lacks any factual foundation.
President Buhari certainly did not "overrule" Prof. Attahiru Jega
in appointing Mrs Amina Zakari as the Acting INEC Chairman,
as Mr Metuh alleged.
Prof. Jega's purported handing over to another Commissioner
cannot be construed as an "appointment" because only the
President has the constitutional authority, which he exercised
to appoint Mrs Zakari as acting Chairman of INEC.
Contrary to Mr Metuh's allegations, President Buhari's
appointment of Mrs Zakari as Acting INEC Chariman was based
entirely on merit, her vast experience in the internal operations
of INEC and the President's commitment to affirmative action in
support of gender equality, because, apart from being fully
qualified for the position, Mrs Zakari was the only woman among
the six Commissioners considered.
Due Process was certainly followed in Mrs Zakari's appointment.
Mr Metuh's spurious claims of her appointment having been
influenced by "personal relationship with the Presidency" and a
Governor in the North-West "to pave the way for the APC" at
election tribunals should be disregarded by the public.
The allegations are nothing but falsehoods contrived by Mr Metuh
to unjustly denigrate a President popularly elected by Nigerians
to undo the damage done to the nation by years of PDP rule.
His claim that the PDP has rejected Mrs Zakari's appointment is
also laughable after he had admitted that the right and power
of the President to make such appointments cannot be questioned.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
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